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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners' Briefing (November 17, 2020)
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Briefing of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners from November 17, 2020. The purpose of briefings are to hear from County staff on upcoming agenda items and County business in an open, transparent setting. Learn more at buncombecounty.org/commissioners.
A
A
A
The
one
other
item
I'd
like
to
maybe
have
just
some
discussion
about
after
those
is
to
check
in
about
our
our
public
comment
process
for
our
regular
meeting
tonight
we
have
lamar
just
shared
that
we
have
a
pretty
significant
number
of
people
who
have
signed
up,
so
I
just
would
like
to
talk
about
it
and
make
sure
we're
all
on
the
same
page
about
about
that.
So
is
there
anything
else
that
anyone
would
like
to
have
on
the
agenda
for
our
briefing
meeting
today
all
right?
B
B
It
was
so
our
key
messages
today,
as
I
said,
are
to
go
over
the
current
situational
report
for
covid19
since
starting
to
use
our
metrics.
That's
going
to
look
a
little
different
today
with
less
of
the
charts
and
graphs
that
we've
been
traditionally
showing.
You
then
go
into
a
community
message
regarding
thanksgiving
and
holiday
recommendations,
continue
to
talk
through
the
social
distancing
pieces
and
also
flu
recommendations.
B
So
I
want
to
start
off
with
just
the
national
perspective,
and
this
map
is
indicating
the
new
cases
per
100
000
as
of
november
15th,
and
so
you
can
see
significant
acceleration
of
cases
within
our
within
the
nation,
with
many
of
that,
with
much
of
that
red,
very
dark
intensity
being
in
the
midwest
and
rural
areas
in
our
nation
are
seeing
the
highest
rates
of
spread
in
their
communities
and
currently
over
11.2
million
cumulative
cases
of
covid
have
been
confirmed
in
the
u.s
since
the
pandemic
start,
and
currently,
I
guess
in
the
last
week
we've
been
adding
about
100
000
new
cases
per
day
nationally.
B
B
B
B
We
saw
an
increase
in
our
percent
positivity
in
the
last
week
and
so
just
a
reminder:
the
new
cases
per
100
000
population
per
week
last
week,
that
was
at
about
84
and,
as
I
said,
that
remained
stable
all
last
week,
ranging
from
about
80
to
90
on
average
and
then
that
changed
significantly
come
sunday
when
we
started
to
see
about
60
new
cases
per
day
in
our
local
health
department.
Workflow.
B
The
diagnostic
test
result
positivity
rate,
which
is
that
percent
positivity
that
has
changed.
That's
slightly
gone
up
the
last
week
that
was
about
3.7
and
now
we're
looking
at
4.0,
which
is
still
below
the
desired
five
percent,
but
does
indicate
an
increase
since
last
week's
look,
our
testing
data,
which
is
the
next
indicator,
has
increased
significantly
last
week.
That
was
just
over
2000
tests,
diagnostic
tests
per
100
000
population.
B
B
So
the
governor,
you
might
recall
that
when
we
started
to
introduce
this
metric
too,
we
talked
about.
If
we
have
certain
in
five
or
more
in
the
whole
table,
we
would
be
bringing
recommendations
to
you
if
we
had
three
or
more
and
that's
section,
one
we'd
be
bringing
recommendations
to
you
or
if
our
hospital
data
was
in
the
orange
or
red
we'd,
be
bringing
recommendations
to
you.
So,
given
that
the
governor
just
recently
reduced
the
indoor
mass
gathering
limit
to
10,
that
would
have
been
our
initial
recommendation
for
restrictions.
B
Other
recommendations
that
I'll
be
talking
through
today
will
include
thanksgiving
festivities,
including
limiting
those
to
only
households
obtaining
testing
prior
to
attending
or
traveling
for
a
holiday
and
quarantine
self
quarantine.
Before
and
after
attending
a
gathering-
and
this
will
be
in
addition
to
our
regular
3w
recommendations
that
we
consistently
talk
through
and
just
wanted
to,
inform
you
that,
if
three
or
more
of
our
metrics
in
section
one
remain
red
or
orange,
or
if
we
have
additional
change,
additional
restrictions
may
be
needed
and
will
be
discussed
at
a
our
next
update.
So
watching
this
one.
B
Given
that
the
governor
has
already
reduced
that
indoor
gathering
I'd
like
to
go
into
more
detail
about
the
recommendations
for
the
holiday
festivities-
and
this
is
where
I
kind
of
like
to
change
the
style
a
little
bit
and
go
from
the
data
to
more
that
community
briefing
style.
If,
if
you,
if
I
may,
and
I'd
like
to
deliver
that
community
briefing
type
of
address
for
the
community
as
a
whole,
and
so
just
to
summarize
for
folks,
our
nation
and
our
state
have
been
experiencing
higher
rates
of
viral
transmission
in
the
last
week.
B
B
B
contact
tracing
locally
tells
us
that
family,
get-togethers
and
social
gatherings
and
places
of
work
are
sites
of
potential
spread
and
exposure,
and
so
I
just
want
to
remind
folks
that
please
remember
that
the
three
w's
must
be
followed
all
the
time
in
order
for
it
to
work.
This
means
with
your
family,
your
friends
and
your
coworkers,
which
means
also
at
dinner
with
neighbors
at
church
and
in
the
break
room.
B
C
B
Six
feet,
apart
with
anyone
outside
our
immediate
household,
and
that
means
people
we
know
but
who
are
not
in
our
household,
is
very
important
and
please
remember
to
get
the
flu
vaccine
protecting
ourselves
against
the
flu
means
helping
our
hospital
system
not
be
overwhelmed.
This
season,
and,
as
I
mentioned
thanksgiving,
is
an
important
holiday
for
many.
B
B
B
Please
ask
guests
to
quarantine
prior
to
attending
the
gathering,
to
reduce
risk
to
you
and
others,
and
please
consider
getting
tested
three
to
four
days
prior
to
travel
or
attending
a
holiday
get
together.
This
is
different
guidance
than
usual,
so
this
is
a
harm
reduction
guidance
that
we
are
recommending.
B
B
We
are
an
awesome
place
to
visit,
but
frequenting
spaces
like
restaurants
and
bars
pose
greater
risk
for
exposure
and
spread.
This
may
mean
that
you
are
spreading
virus
to
your
friends
and
family,
some
of
whom
might
be
at
higher
risk
and
then
please
also
consider
self
quarantine
after
attending
a
thanksgiving
get
together.
B
I've
been
your
public
health
director
now
for
three
months
and
I've
seen
how
buncombe
can
commit
to
turning
trends
and
flattening
our
curve.
I
know
we
can
do
this.
It
is
not
the
time
to
let
our
guard
down.
Please
help
us
stop
the
spread
this
holiday
and
every
day
after,
please
practice
the
three
w's
every
day.
Every
time
please
limit
your
interactions,
this
holiday
and
consider
alternatives
to
your
traditional
activities,
limit
your
travel
and
follow
the
mass
gathering
guidance
of
no
more
than
10
people
at
an
indoor
get
together.
B
B
If
you
have
concerns
about
establishments
that
are
not
following
current
executive
orders,
you
can
call
the
ready
team
to
log
in
your
complaints
and
health
and
human
services
as
well,
is
offering
a
walk-up
flu
shot
clinic
on
november
18th
from
1
to
4
at
40
cox.
And
lastly,
I
just
want
to
say
that
buncombe,
county
health
and
human
services
will
be
pushing
out
this
thanksgiving
guide,
with
further
information
on
how
to
reduce
your
risk
during
the
holidays.
A
All
right,
thank
you,
commissioners.
Are
there
any
questions.
D
I'd
like
to
ask
the
question:
if
I
could
about
the
cluster
at
the
prism,
so
you
said
that
our
number
is
increasing.
There
is
that
cluster,
but
not
it's
not
the
big
cause
of
it
going
up,
but
those
guys
the
people
in
the
prison
do
we
count
them
toward
our
numbers
or
do
they
go
toward
because
they're
in
here
they
don't
go
to
their
county.
That
they're
from.
C
B
Same
rationale
as
the
nursing
homes
that
that,
because
that's
a
congregate
living
facility
that
is
considered
their
their
county
of
residence.
E
B
So
the
119
is
a
a
metric
based
on
all
the
cases
that
came
in
that
week.
So
over
the
last
three
days,
we've
had
an
average
of
60
new
cases
per
day
since
sunday,
I
think
sunday
it
was
a
little.
It
was
about
64
monday,
another
60,
and
then
today,
60
new
cases
per
day.
The
the
current
cluster
at
the
prison
is
roughly
40.
A
A
So
I
guess
one
other
question
I
have
is:
these
are
pretty
steep
increases
in
our
in
our
numbers
of
the
last
week.
You
know
we're
still
below
the
five
percent
positivity
rate,
which
is
good.
We've
been
below
five
percent
throughout
most
of
this
whole
process,
and
I
guess
I
just
you
know
understanding,
there's
a
couple
of
of
these
hot
spots,
but
any
you
know
across
the
country,
just
the
growth
in
numbers
have
just
been
like.
A
You
know,
I
mean
I
probably
all
remember
five
or
six
weeks
ago,
when
fauci
said
you
know
we
could
look
at
a
pro
we
could
be.
We
could
potentially
have
a
hundred
thousand
cases
a
day,
and
I
remember
when
I
heard
that
on
the
radio
I
was
like
that's
crazy
right
like
we
could.
How
could
we
get
to
a
hundred
thousand
cases
a
day
and
then
we
just
have
blown
past
that
you
know
so
we're
way
past
that
and
it's
you
know
it's.
A
The
the
growth
of
the
cases
around
the
country
is
just,
unlike
anything,
we've
seen
throughout
this
whole
process,
even
the
early
days
when
it
was
spreading
in
the
community
and
people
didn't
even
know
it
yet
right.
So
people
weren't
doing
any
kind
of
weren't
able
to
take
any
kind
of
steps
to
to
protect
themselves.
So
fortunately,
north
carolina
and
buncombe
county
have
been
have
been
lower
in
our
case
counts
than
a
lot
of
these
other
parts
of
the
country
like
tennessee.
A
Next
door
has
really
high
numbers
and
of
course
the
midwest
is,
as
the
map
showed
is
just
really,
but
do
we
have
any
sense
of
whether
just
you
know
when
we
look
at
one
week
and
the
numbers
are
not
what
we
want
to
see,
but
whether
you
know
we
think
there's
a
good
probability
that
unfortunately
buncombe
county
is
the
you
know
that
upward
trend
is
likely
to
continue
or
whether
you
know
we
might
be
here
in
a
week
or
two
and
our
numbers
have
have
shifted
back
down.
A
B
It's
a
great
question,
so
forecasting
is
really
hard
because
most
of
the
metrics
are
based
on
real-time
data.
So
the
best
that
you
can
do
is
start
to
look
at
what
we
do
here,
which
is
monitor
it
daily
through
the
public
health
department,
set
up
key
metrics
that
you're
following
and
looking
for
any
spikes
or
any
types
of
trends
that
show
you
accelerating
in
one
way
or
another
and
beyond
that,
it's
quite
hard
to
predict
other
than
to
say
that
we
knew,
as
we
entered
colder
months,
that
folks
would
be
spending
more
time
indoors.
E
When
I
look
at
the
map,
if
you
blow
the
map
up
and
you
see
in
that
little
corner
of
north
carolina,
you
see
the
light
color,
which
I
keep
saying
this
and
I'm
going
to
keep
saying
it.
It's
a
testament
to
the
people
that
live
here
that
are
listening
that
are
doing
the
right
things
that
are
not.
You
know
panicking
during
this
time.
They
want
to
be
able
to
spend
time
with
their
family
and
friends,
but
they
can
do
it
in
a
way.
E
E
E
I
think
everybody
that's
listening
does
and
I
I
think
that
a
lot
of
people
have,
I
mean
I'm
hearing
conversations
about
how
they're
going
to
get
together,
they're
already
thinking
about
this
even
before
we
give
them
the
information
so
thinking
about
how
they
can
do
it
safely
and
how
they're
not
going
to
be
able
to
go,
as
you
said
to
virginia
so,
but
I
think
we
need
to
pull
out
a
look
at
all
the
information
and
make
sure
that
people
understand
that
they
are
doing
a
good
job
and
they
need
to
keep
keep
it
up.
B
D
B
We
don't
have
any
current
clusters
due
to
that,
so
you
know
it's
not
uncommon,
to
have
a
onesie
twosie
type
of
case.
That
is
part
of
a
work
site
that
happens
to
be
a
restaurant
or
happens
to
be
a
bar,
but
overwhelming
like
when
we
look
at
the
contact
tracing
and
when,
when
our
when
our
communicable
disease,
nurses
are
doing
the
case,
investigation
and
contact
tracing
pieces.
What
we
find
about
the
spread
and
the
exposure
it
tends
to
be
family
get-togethers.
It
tends
to
be
neighborhood
types
of
things
work.
B
It
is
work
sites,
but
not
necessarily
all
restaurant
or
all
bar.
A
So
when
of
the
number
of
cases
that
are
documented
as
positive
cases
in
our
region,
can
you
tell
us-
and
if
you
don't
have
the
exact
number
I
understand,
but
just
what
percentage
of
the
positive
cases
that
are
documented
through
testing?
Are
we
able
to
with
high
confidence
identify
where
the
person
contracted,
coveted.
B
That's
a
great
question,
so
I
don't.
I
can
give
you
a
general
answer.
I
do
not
have
a
specific
sort
of
like
concrete.
What
does
it
look
like
here?
I
can
tell
you
early
on
that
was
much
easier.
When
community
spread
was
less
transmission
was
less.
It
was
much
easier
to
track
exactly
where
or
exactly
what
person
gave
you
coronavirus
right.
That
becomes
harder,
not
completely
difficult.
B
I
mean
not
completely
that
you
can't
do
it,
but
it
becomes
harder,
as
we've
moved
through
our
phases
as
we've
interacted
more
and
that
we
may
be
in
lots
of
different
places
that
we
weren't
necessarily
in
say
in
march
and
april
and
again
I
know
I
sound
like
a
broken
record,
but
that's
why
it
isn't.
It
is
so
important
that
we
continue
to
do
the
three
w's,
even
with
people
we
know.
B
We
don't
wear
our
face
covering
we
don't
wash
our
hands,
and
so
it's
very
important
for
folks
to
remember
that
those
three
w's
have
to
be
all
the
time
every
time.
Even
if
you
have
known
that
person
for
the
last
20
years
of
your
life,
you
have
no
idea
where
they
went
the
last
three
or
four
days
of
that
week.
A
Is
would
it
be
possible?
I
mean
because
this
is
all
we
do
keep
track
of
this
right,
like
they're
the
course
of
the
pandemic
like
when
we
do
tracing
where
it
is
possible
to
identify
what
the
source
we
with
some
level
of
confidence.
Believe
it
was,
I
mean,
would
it
be
possible
to
try
to
summarize
that
data
in
some
way,
because
I
mean
this
is
sort
of
one
of
the
things
throughout
this
whole
process?
I've
really.
A
Want
to
understand,
I
mean,
and
we
I
understand
look
I
mean
it's
as
you
as
you
point
out,
anytime,
you're
spending
more
than
a
few
minutes
in
close
proximity
to
someone
else.
There's
some
chance,
like
it's
just
a
statistical
chance
right
that
you
could
be
transmitting
or
getting
infected
with
covid.
So
it's
it's
a
any
kind
of
you
know,
especially
indoor.
A
B
Yes,
so
that
that
data
exists
somewhat,
and
so
in
a
in
a
weekly
report
that
is
published
by
north
carolina
dhhs.
The
cluster
report
is
an
aggregate
report,
so
you
have
three
different
types
of
cluster
reports
or
outbreak
reports
that
the
state
does.
As
for
you
know,
as
all
100
counties,
one
is
schools
and
child
care.
Centers
one
is
long-term
care
facilities,
nursing
facility
types
and
then
the
third
one
is
the
cluster.
B
The
aggregate
cluster
report,
which
is
all
those
other
types
of
spaces
that
aren't
necessarily
regulated
by
the
state
like
a
school
or
child
care
center
or
a
long-term
care
facility,
and
so
that
cluster,
that
cluster
report
pulls
all
of
the
reports
that
each
one
of
our
health
departments
is
pushing
it
putting
into
the
state
system
and
creates
the
exactly
what
you're
talking
about
those
themes.
Those
trends
and
you
can
watch
that
over
time
and
so
I'll
be
glad
to
share
that
with
you.
B
I
don't
have
it
with
me
right
now,
but
it
it
clearly
divides
it
out
into
things
like
you
know,
your
bars
and
restaurants,
your
other
community
sectors
like
places
of
worship,
government
services,
those
types
of
places
for
I
think
what
you're
asking
for
is
for
each
individual
who
is
in
a
confirmed
positive.
B
Is
there
a
way
to
pull
that
data
out
where
their
known
source
of
exposure
was,
and
I
think
that's
probably
much
more
difficult
at
a
local
level
to
do
based
on
maybe
not
so
much
early
on
where
we
had
less
transmission
but
probably
harder
as
case
investigations
have
gotten
much
more
complicated
and
folks
are
moving
around
a
lot
more,
so
it
could
have
been
a
couple
of
different
places
where
they
got
exposed
and
they
may
not
know
exactly
if
someone
was
sick
when
they
were
interacting
with
them,
and
so
it's
harder
to
know
that
as
the
pandemic
has
gone
on
as
community
transmission
has
increased
and
people
are
moving
about
more.
A
So
I'm
all
for
that
and
urge
people
to
you
know
listen,
but
I
also
just
wonder
like
when
we
say
that
most
of
the
growth
of
the
spread
is
in
small
family
gatherings.
I
mean
how
do
you?
A
How
do
you
know
that
I
mean
if
you
don't,
if
you
don't
know
what
percentage
came
from
people
eating
in
indoor
restaurants,
which
seems
like
a
perfect
environment,
you
know
people
have
people,
can't
wear
a
mask
and
sit
in
a
restaurant
and
eat,
and
even
if
you
spread
the
the
tables
out,
some
there's
many
studies
that
show
you.
You
know
if
you
sit
there
in
a
restaurant,
if
there's
someone
in
that
restaurant
with
coco
19
and
they
sit
there
for
an
hour,
they're,
probably
going
to
make
other
people
around
them
sick
right.
B
So
that's
through
the
case
investigation
piece.
So
when
someone's
interviewed
they
tell
that
communicable
disease
nurse
all
the
places
they've
been.
Who
else
has
been
sick
around
them,
so
somebody
in
their
family
may
have
had
symptoms,
never
got
tested,
thought
it
was
a
cold
thought.
It
was
allergies
and
then
the
whole
house,
or
several
members
of
the
household
didn't
get
infected
right,
and
so,
when
they
get
tested
they
get
pot,
they
get
their
top
positive
result
back.
This
is
just
sort
of
a
theoretical
example,
but
communicable
disease
nurse
would
then
contact
them.
B
Do
the
case
investigation.
They
talk
through
everything,
that's
been
going
on,
they
say:
has
anybody
in
your
you
know?
Where
have
you
been?
What
places
have
you
gone
to,
because
that
helps
us
realize
too
like
where?
Where
else
do
we
need
to
look
to
tell
close
contacts
to
quarantine,
but
in
addition,
through
the
case
investigation,
you
learn
about
where
their
possible
modes
of
exposure
were
and
also
what
possible
modes
of
spread.
B
But
when
we
hear
necessity
like
when
we
hear
in
a
case
investigation
interview,
someone
say
well:
yeah
I've
gone
to
hypothetically
I've
gone
to
went
to
indoor
dining
or
I
went
to
the
store
to
pick
up
groceries.
Oh
and
my
mom
has
had
a
cough
for
about
five
days,
and
so
you
know
there's
clearly
you
know,
or
we
went
to
my
aunt's
house
and
had
dinner
and
my
cousin
had
the
sniffles
and
and
was
coughing
a
lot.
So
there
are
some
of
those
types
of
things
where
we're
like
that.
B
That
could
be
what
we're
looking
at
right
and
so
over
time,
as
I
said
that
it's
a
little
bit
harder
to
pinpoint
exact
modes
of
train
of
exposure
because
of
the
folks
moving
around
so
much
in
the
earlier
days.
It
was
much
easier
to
sort
of
pinpoint
a
place
or
a
person
of
source
of
exposure
or
source
of
infection.
E
I
mean,
I
think
it's
a
valid.
You
know,
question
sherman,
it's
one.
That's
kind
of
frustrated
me
a
little
bit
over
time
where
you
know
you're
trying
to
pinpoint-
and
I
mean
if
you
come
to
my
house
now
I
mean
we
got-
leaves
all
over
the
place.
So
if
I
did
end
up
getting
it,
I'm
probably
going
to
tell
you
that
everybody
in
my
house
is
coughing,
you
know,
but
I
don't
it's
not
code
related.
You
know,
I
know
specifically
what's
causing
that,
so
I
think
we
just
have
to
give
the
like
we're
doing.
E
E
You
know,
did
they
they
they
had
to
get
it
outside
that
house.
You
know,
but
then
eventually
we're
going
to
gather
together,
and
so
we
just
have
to
be
really
careful,
but
thanks
for
the
information,
as
always,
it's
good
to
see
it
is.
G
B
Yeah-
and
I
wish
I
had
the
sort
of
scholarly
data
with
me
to
share
with
you-
I
don't,
but
we
do
know
that
not
just
asymptomatic
but
pre-symptomatic.
B
Those
folks
who
might
show
symptoms
later
on,
but
aren't
at
the
time
that
they're,
interacting
with
others
and
potentially
shedding
virus
is
significant
and
that
we've
seen
that
over
time
with
kovid
and
that,
yes,
you
know
it's
hard
to
pin
that
down
as
it's
hard
to
pin
that
down
necessarily
in
case
investigation
and
contact
tracing
when
folks
are
also
talking
about
where
they've
been
and-
and
you
asked
them
about.
Have
you
been
around
anybody
with
symptoms
and
they
say
no
and
it
could.
B
It
could
likely
be
that
they've
also
been
in
contact
with
someone
who
is
either
pre-symptomatic
or
asymptomatic,
and
that's
you
know
not
uncommon
either.
In
our
case
investigation
findings.
E
So
the
last
slide
you
had
you
know,
I'm
going
to
say
this
normal
hush,
but
it's
a
really
good
slide.
This
the
thanksgiving
2020
safety
tips.
I
mean,
if
you
look
at
the
this.
You
know
the
slide
before
where
you
were
talking
about.
You
know
self-quarantining
after
you,
you
know
you
have
a
thanksgiving
gathering,
you
know
and
I
would
read
that
and
I
would
think
okay.
Well
then
that
means
after
I
go
to
after
I
have
thanksgiving
dinner.
I
gotta
stay
at
the
house
for
14
days,
which
that's
not
what
you're
saying
right.
E
I
mean,
because
these
are
very
common
sense
things
that
you
can
do
they're
not
fearful
at
all
they're,
very
common
sense
things,
low
risk,
medium
risk,
high
risk,
and
so
I
think
it'd
be
you
know,
people
need
to
be
able
to
see
that
they
need
to
be
able
to
read
that
we
need
to
get
it
out
out
to
them
if
they're
looking
for
you
know
for
some
guidance,
you
know
that's
some
good
common
sense.
That's
a
good
common
sense
approach.
I
think,
on
that
slide.
B
Well,
thank
you.
I
cannot
take
credit
for
it.
That
is
our
very
competent
and
incredible
communications
team
who
are
not
in
this
room
to
take
credit
for
that,
but
it
will
be
pushed
out.
I
believe
it's
going
to
be
pushed
out
today
after
this
briefing
and
will
be
on
our
website
for
folks
to
access
and
north
carolina
department
of
health
and
human
services
also
has
some
interim
thanksgiving
guidance
and
guidance
around
black
friday
shopping
as
well.
A
All
right,
thank
you.
So
much
all
right
appreciate
it.
Thank
you
all
right
next
up
is
the
transparency.
Update
and
matthew
baker
is
going
to
help
us
with
this.
H
H
Good
afternoon
commissioners
good
afternoon
so
back
in
2017.
H
The
board
issued
a
directive
to
align
county
operations
along
four
core
values,
and
one
of
those
values
was
transparency.
So
from
that
directive
the
transparency
initiative
was
undertaken.
We
set
up
a
site
and
some
dashboards,
and
it
was
those
were
designed
to
answer
some
pressing
questions
from
the
public.
Here
we
are
three
years
later
and
although
the
county's
dedication
to
transparency
has
not
changed,
what
has
changed
is
how
we
manage
that.
H
While
this
isn't
far
from
an
exhaustive
list,
it
does
encapsulate
the
the
primary
differences
in
the
two
approaches
start
with
you
have
as
a
major
difference
between
two
is
a
finished
product
versus
an
unfinished
product.
The
transparency
site
is
offering
completed
visuals.
To
answer
a
specific
question.
While
the
open
data
explorer
allows
citizens
to
take
data
sets
and
to
find
the
answer
to
a
question
they
wish
to
pose.
H
H
One
of
the
first
items
we
accomplished
was
creating
a
framework
for
disseminating
transparency
data.
This
is
the
10
000
foot
level,
but
if
you'd
like
a
more
comprehensive
view
of
the
process,
I
can
make
that
available
to
you.
We've
standardized
the
request
process
to
the
county
service
management
platform.
H
The
open
data
explorer
is
an
arcgis
platform
that
is
useful
for
exploring
and
downloading
buncombe
county
data.
It's
for
internal
and
external
use.
Honestly.
Currently,
the
site
has
over
158
data
sets
and
the
data
are
set
out
in
tables.
Maps
are
also
available.
If
the
data
set
supports
that
kind
of
data
it's
free
to
use,
there
is
no
registration
or
licensing
involved.
The
data
is
downloadable
and
for
more
tech,
savvy
citizens
consumable
via
an
application,
programming,
interface
or
api.
H
H
So
briefly,
I
did
want
to
get
into
some
metrics
and
show
a
little
bit
of
the
payoff
for
our
efforts.
Just
for
the
record,
the
county
does
not
know
who
is
visiting
our
site
just
know
that
it
was
visited
by
individual
users.
Our
metrics
show
that
we
are
now
attracting
more
new
users.
In
previously
it's
a
modest
five
percent
increase,
but
directionally.
H
That
is
definitely
the
way
we
want
to
go
and
since
we've
put
our
changes
into
practice,
we've
seen
a
42
percent
drop
in
our
home
page
bounce
rate,
which
is
probably
a
meaningless
thing
to
say.
However,
what
it
means
is
that
when
folks
come
to
our
site
to
look
at
something
they're,
not
then
immediately
leaving
what
they're
doing
is
they're
now
browsing
the
site
looking
at
other
content
and
exploring
it
more
fully,
it's
it's.
H
H
H
This
is
the
kobe
dashboard
metrics
we're
looking
at
closer
to
a
quarter,
a
quarter
million
unique
page
views
and
the
only
reason
I'm
really
showing
this
is
that,
while
the
covet
19
dashboard,
for
instance,
was
not
an
item
that
came
through
the
transparency
work
group,
many
of
the
resources
normally
dedicated
to
transparency
content
have
been
engaged
in
providing
the
county
with
data
support
for
items
like
this
and
also
the
data
consumed
by
the
emergency
operations
center.
As
such,
it's
really
slowed
our
progress
in
terms
of
less
publication
of
items
than
was
originally
intended.
H
Data
that
is
protected
or
sensitive
is
not
something
that
we
publish
again,
that's
kind
of
fared
it
out
during
the
the
compliance
process,
data
with
questionable
integrity
data.
That's
not
clean
enough
to
find
any
kind
of
use
or
data
that
we
are
unsure
of
as
pedigree
does
not
get
put
into
the
open
data
explorer
and
data
from
other
entities.
The
loan
exception
to
this
might
be
a
third
party
with
whom
we
have
a
data
sharing
agreement,
an
explicit
data
sharing
agreement.
Otherwise
we
are
not
in
the
business
of
putting
other
folks
data
on
our
website.
H
C
I
always
introduce
myself
in
case
there
are
others
listening,
even
though
we
know
one
another.
Well,
I'm
rachel
nygard
and
I
lead
the
strategic
partnerships
office
for
the
county,
and
I'm
here
with
you
today,
representing
a
group.
That's
been
working
together
on
the
grant
that
includes
health
and
human
services,
communications
and
public
engagement,
performance
management,
to
name
a
few.
C
So
the
upward
mobility
cohort
is
an
initiative
focused
on
what
it
sounds
like
upward
mobility,
specifically
mobility
from
poverty.
It's
a
grant
opportunity
from
the
urban
institute
which
initiated
with
funding
from
the
gates
foundation
a
partnership
that
they've
done
with
the
u.s
partnership
on
mobility
from
poverty.
C
Funding
from
this
grant
that
125
thousand
dollars
can
be
used
for
a
grant
funded
position.
That's
helpful
to
know
anytime
that
we're
looking
at
a
grant
which
has
a
potential
to
bring
on
new
work
with
it,
having
a
position
dedicated
to
coordinating
that
work
is
important
and
it
involves
the.
The
crux
of
the
grant
involves
a
lot
of
data
analysis
as
well
as
community
engagement.
We
would
have
policy
and
programming
advising
and
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
what
that
means
in
a
minute
from
the
urban
institute,
as
well
as
connection
to
those
peers.
C
C
The
mobility
action
plan
looks
at
data
and
we'll
talk
about
what
kind
of
data
in
a
sec
and
uses
our
engagement
with
stakeholders,
meaning
partner
institutions,
community-based
organizations,
as
well
as
members
of
the
public
at
large
to
look
at
mobility,
as
defined
we'll
look
at
how
it's
defined
and
the
specific
drivers
and
how
our
data
in
buncombe
county
compares
to
data
for
other
communities
across
the
state
and
nation
and
strategies
that
could
potentially
improve
conditions
that
are
tied
to
those
drivers.
That
would
ultimately
help
with
mobility
from
poverty.
C
C
This
is
a
pretty
data
and
research
driven
initiative
and
the
materials
articulate
some
drivers.
So
looking
at
those
areas,
economic
success,
value
power
and
autonomy,
they've
tied
those
to
different
domains
and
and
drivers
those
same
items
as
we
start.
Looking
at
this
list,
you'll
see
familiarity
to
the
kinds
of
items
that
we've
included
in
our
strategic
plan,
so
looking
at
financial
well-being
looking
at
housing
and
family
and
health,
as
well
as
data
that
falls
into
the
supportive
communities
and
strong
and
healthy
families
categories.
So
each
of
these.
C
If
it
feels
like
it's
another
plan,
we've
certainly
been
having
that
conversation.
It
feels
like
everywhere
we
look
within
buncombe
county
and
as
a
as
an
organization
and
within
buncombe
county
as
a
community,
we've
got
plans
underway
us
as
an
organization.
We've
got
a
new
strategic
plan
that
we're
less
than
six
months
into
implementing.
C
We
are
on
the
heels
of
doing
a
comprehensive
land
use
plan,
economic
development,
library,
master
planning-
you
you,
we
could
go
on
and
on
about
the
plans,
and
so
we
were
careful
in
thinking
about
this
grant
opportunity
about
whether
or
not
it
would
be
additive,
and
we
do
feel
that
this
opportunity
is
in
such
alignment
with
those
existing
commitments
that
this
may
reveal
ways
that
we
can
make
good
on
those
existing
commitments
to
into
our
community.
So
back
to
that
strategic
plan.
C
C
It
would
be
an
18
month
a
year
and
a
half
grant
grant
one
of
the
reasons.
It's
important
that
we're
checking
in
with
you
at
this
stage
of
the
application
process
is
that
the
application
requires
a
letter
of
support
from
a
member
of
the
board.
Affirming
commitment
to
this
project
and
its
continuity
for
the
period
of
performance
so
want
to
check
in
with
the
full
board
in
an
opportunity
where
you
can
weigh
in
and
ask
questions
and
have
discussion
on
that
before
we
were
to
go
to
the
chairman
and
ask
for
a
letter
of
support.
A
I
A
Thank
you
all
right,
commissioners.
The
one
other
item
I
wanted
to
just
touch
on
is
the
public
comment
for
our
meeting
at
5..
So
we
haven't
had
a
lot
lately.
The
last
few
meetings,
but
we
have
quite
a
bit
of
folks
who
are
interested
in
giving
public
comment
at
the
meeting
tonight,
got
let's
see
a
couple
on
sort
of.
A
Noise
issues
that
they
wanted
to
comment
about.
We
got
about
four
on
the
family
leave,
but
then
we
have
over
over
30
on
the
pratt
whitney
item
so
and
lamar.
These
are
all
folks
that
we're
going
to
listen
to
either
they're
going
to
be
a
live
call,
or
in
some
cases
they've
they've
sent
an
email
or
have
left
a
voicemail,
which
we
will
listen
to
correct.
They
should
all
be
live,
so
the
folks
who
have
left
messages
or
emailed
what
do?
What
do
we
do
with
those
okay,
we're
gonna,
we're
gonna,
call
them?
F
A
They've
indicated
that's
what
they're
interested
in
so
and
each
of
those
each
of
those
will
give
three
minutes
for
each
person
who's
who's
going
to
be
on
the
phone
right.
Yes,
okay,
so
not
every
person
will
use
the
full
three
minutes.
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
surface
this
because
we
have
over
30.
A
You
know
if
every
person
did
use
33
minutes.
I
mean
three
minutes
that
would
be
an
hour
and
a
half
they're,
not
counting
any
transition
time
between
calls
of
which,
of
course,
there
will
be
some,
so
it
could
certainly
go
over
an
hour.
I
think
I
think
in
some
of
our
previous
discussions
we
have
talked
about
possibly
taking
comments
for
up
to
an
hour,
so
I
just
wanted
to
let
folks
know
what
we
got
and
see.
J
J
Could
we
maybe
push
that
up
on
the
agenda
early
to
do
the
recognitions,
instead
of
wait
until
six
o'clock
and
them
having
to
leave
before
they
can
do
their
presentation.
F
A
J
A
E
Robert
you've
mentioned
something
about
the
order
on
those
presentations
because
of
some
scheduling.
J
Yeah
jerry
vihan
has
his
town
meeting
at.
I
think
six
o'clock
so
wanted
to
make
sure
we
got
him
out
in
time.
J
I
J
Well,
since
we've
got
the
time
now,
I
would
like
to
see
about
you
know
doing
mike
plymon's,
first
and
then
gene
bale
and
then
saving
anthony
and
joe
till
last,
because
if
someone
else
wanted
to
speak,
I
know
we
talked
about
it
last
week,
but
we
did.
J
J
J
I
mean
and
leave
it
after
everyone
else.
I
mean
joe
being
commissioner
for
eight
years
here.
If
someone
else
wants
to
say
something
with
anthony,
you
know
being
here.
I
think
we've
got
the
time
now
with
the
public
comment
that
we
could
save
them,
because
I
mean
not
that
mike
and
gene
are
not
important,
they're
very
important
gene.
What
he's
done
all
these
years-
and
I
know
chuck's-
excited
about
seeing
him,
but
I'd
really
like
to
honor
joe
belcher
for
eight
years
and.
E
A
I
think
we've
got
a
good
plan.
Thank
you
all
for
helping
us
talk
that
through
make
sure
we're
clear
on
how
that
would
work.
I
feel
good
about
now
all
right
y'all.
We
are
adjourning
this
meeting.
We
will
reconvene
at
four
o'clock
for
the
regularly
scheduled,
I'm
sorry
five
o'clock
and
let's
try
to
be
ready
to
go
at
five
so
that
we
can
get
get
going
all
right.